The vaporware solidifies! After playtesting, editing, and painting cover art, this long-awaited module is almost ready for release. It's the first of a two-part series in which the players discover some dark secrets in a really open-ended adventure deep in the subterranean realms. It has a bit of an underdark feel to it, although it is for lower level characters that shouldn't be wandering around in the real underdark.Like Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom, the adventure area can be entered from multiple possible approaches, depending on whatever adventure was just completed in the campaign. It's highly modular, and in fact could be dropped right into an existing megadungeon of any kind, if that's what you need.
I'm still waiting for some art, and then will do the layout. There might also be some more comments coming in from playtesters, who are now reading through the module with the changes that were made after the playtesting session.
This is a Mythmere Games module, and I'm the author -- it's been a long time since I wrote Spire of Iron and Crystal, so it's great to finally have another module completed and ready (almost) to rock and roll.
Sounds awesome! In which venues (online or otherwise) will it be sold?
ReplyDeleteVery groovy!
ReplyDeleteCool cool - the bar is high, buddy! Looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome sauce! Waiting eagerly.
ReplyDeleteI love "modular" design. I do that quite frequently with adventures, if I think I need something "more."
It will be on lulu for sure, and the pdf will also be on DrivethruRPG. Unless a bolt of technological understanding strikes me from the sky, though, it won't be offered POD on RPGNow.
ReplyDeleteWell, I've bought two PODs from RPGNow. Both were for "Stars Without Number." The first arrived and was excellent. The second was a print copy of "Skyward Steel" and it took 4 months of badgering and emails to finally get.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the customer service at RPGNow that prohibits putting the book up there for POD, it's that they can't just take a regular pdf for it. They have all kinds of weird formats you have to use, and use them exactly right. It's not my skill-set -- I had a hard enough time just putting that painting onto a black background with words for a title. If I can't just hand them a pdf with jpegs in it, the way lulu can handle it, then they don't get my stuff to sell.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover art a lot!
ReplyDeleteFrog- and toad-related adventures will always have a place in my heart. Looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteMelan beat me to it. I love frog and toad adventures. Tsathogga is the BBEG of my megadungeon, so this looks like a 'must' buy.
ReplyDeleteGeleg
Geleg, this would work really well for a Tsathogga situation, with only one change to make the underlying villain a minion or minions of Tsathogga (I won't disclose yet who the actual behind-the-scenes villains are).
ReplyDeleteLevel 2-5, that's quite a large level range.
ReplyDeleteHow hard is the module for a group of level 2 adventurers?
Dom,
ReplyDeleteIt's very tough at that level. You'd want like 9 PCs for that. However, this is the sort of module where skillful players can really alter the landscape of threats, because there is the possibility of infiltration, stealth, and negotiation being used as alternatives for combat. Level 2 characters would have to be flexible enough to find allies, BS their way through problems, and fight ONLY once they have set the battle up in their own favor. There's a massive advantage for players who are adept at changing gears from combat to stealth to lies and mendacity.
Will be looking for it. Great cover!
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